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2020

  • Work on this object began.

2021

2025

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Reusable Respirator, OESH

This is a Reusable Respirator. It is dated 2020. Its medium is 3d-printed elastomer. It is a part of the department.

Dr. Casey Kerrigan is founder of OESH, a shoe company in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 2020, Kerrigan manufactured hundreds of reusable respirators for local health care workers. They are made from the same springy, 3D-printed material employed in OESH’s health-focused shoes. The soft, flexible design works especially well for women, whose faces are often too small for standard respirators.

It is credited Courtesy of Casey Kerrigan.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12.7 × 11.4 × 8.9 cm (5 in. × 4 1/2 in. × 3 1/2 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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